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In Longstaffe-Gowan's design, patterned accessible walkways of hand-laid bluestone recall the Renaissance floor patterns inside the library building and knit together three primary planting areas that bring the garden to life.

This new musical work for voice and birdroar instruments by composer Brent Michael Davids honors Nora Thompson Dean (1907–1984), a Lenape teacher and herbalist who dedicated her life to preserving Lenape culture.

This exhibition celebrates the life and work of American poet Gwendolyn Brooks (1917–2000). Though Brooks is generally well-known for her poetry, few recognize her expansive social and political impact.

Basile C. Baudez

What is one of the biggest challenges for a building in the wilds of New York City? The fearless New York City pigeon! Just like us, pigeons love the loggia of our J. Pierpont Morgan Library building.

Renowned for his beloved and acclaimed children’s books, Maurice Sendak (1928–2012) was also an avid music and opera lover. In the late 1970s, he embarked on a successful second career as a designer of sets and costumes for the stage.

When he was just eleven years old Pedro Corrêa do Lago wrote to ask François Truffaut for his signature and received, by return mail, a book inscribed by the French director. Over the ensuing decades Corrêa do Lago built one of the world’s most compelling collections of its kind.

“[The film] has to be basically truthful according to human nature. It has to be real. And that comes from your understanding of people and your lifetime experience... You learn from that. But basically, it has to be truthful. And where are you if it’s not?”

"The closest thing to a human being is a book. I know people think it’s a dog, but they’re wrong…When you look at manuscripts or letters and they’re written in the hand of the writer, you are closer to that writer, you’re closer to the person.” –Fran Lebowitz